John I, Burgrave of Nuremberg ( – 1300) was a member of the

House of Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenbu ...

and was

Burgrave of Nuremberg The Burgraviate of Nuremberg (german: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries pas ...

from 1297 until his death. He was the son of Burgrave Frederick III of Nuremberg and his second wife, Helen of Saxony (d. 1309). John I married in 1297 with Agnes of Hesse (d. 1335), daughter of

Henry I of Hesse Henry I of Hesse "the Child" (German: ''Heinrich das Kind'') (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308) was the first Landgrave of Hesse. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia. Life In 1247, as Heinrich Raspe, Lan ...

. He ruled the Burgraviate of Nuremberg jointly with his younger brother Frederick IV. After John I died childless in 1300, Frederick IV ruled alone.

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* M. Spindler, A. Kraus: ''Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts'', Munich, 1997, * Burgraves of Nuremberg House of Hohenzollern 1270s births 1300 deaths Year of birth uncertain 13th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub

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